Friday, March 23, 2012

FN News Roundup: March 23, 2012

Happy Friday! Catch up on some news whilst you grab a beer:

Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir is teaming up with The National for The Bridge Session, a free concert that will be streamed LIVE from Weir's TRI Studios tomorrow night at 9pm ET!! (Yahoo! Music)

PUNK NEWS!! Tickets for upcoming area Rancid, Agnostic Front, and Bouncing Souls shows are on sale now. Bouncing Souls will be playing a record release show on June 9 at Webster Hall in support of their upcoming ninth album, Comet (June 12) - check out leadoff single "Static" after the jump (BrooklynVegan)

Malian duo Amadou & Mariam are awesome. TV On The Radio are also awesome. It stands to reason, then, that a collaboration between the two groups would be very awesome. Check out the video for "Wily Katso" off of A&M's upcoming LP Folia (April 10) featuring Tunde Adebimpe and Kyp Malone from TVOTR below as well (Pitchfork)

UK fans of the legendary Bob Mould are in for a treat: Demon Music Group is reissuing Sugar's entire discography (Copper Blue, the BeasterEP, and File Under: Easy Listening) later on this spring with extra tracks in expanded CD/DVD packages (Slicing Up Eyeballs)